Abralia redfieldiVoss 1955

Introduction

A. redfieldi is widely distributed in the Atlantic Ocean. This species is very similar to the Pacific species A. similis, but separable by the larger numbers of arm hooks (13-16 vs. 6-12 in A. similis).

Comments

A. grimpei also resembles the above species but has more than 5 eye photophores.

A. redfieldi

A. grimpei

A. similis

A.omiae

Lateral head photophore series

complete (ususally

Complete

Incomplete

incomplete

Club hooks

2-3

2

2

1-2

Arm II photophores

1

1

Hooks on hectocotylus

6-8

Photophores on mantle

Clear strip, two bands (often)

Clear strip, two bands

Scattered

Clear strip, two bands

Eye photophores

5, sometimes 6

>5

5

5

mid-head photophores

i series

Distribution

well oo(1983)

Vertical distribution

One specimen was caught during night by midwater tow at a depth of 100-50m at 10° N, 20° W (Lu & Clarke, 1975)

Geographical distribution

Type locality: Off Gun Cay, Bahamas (western North Atlantic).

General distribution: "Tropical waters of western Atlantic, from the northern part of the Sargasso Sea to north-eastern Brazil, abundant near Bahamas, Bermuda, Great and Small Antilles, but absent from the slope of America. It occurs also in western Africa near Senegal." (Nesis, 1982, translation provided by M. Lipinski). Lipinski (1983) extended the range to 45°S, 54°W (western South Atlantic, well off southern Argentina).

References

Lipinski, M. 1983. A description of a new species of enoploteuthid cephalopod, Abralia siedleckyi spec. nov., with some remarks on Abralia redfieldi G. Voss, 1955. Veliger, 25(3):255-265.

Lu, C. C. and M. R. Clarke, 1975. Vertical Distribution of cephalopods at 11° N 20° W in the North Atlantic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 55 (2): 369-389.

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